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United Bank today proudly announced that several of their mortgage lenders were named by Five Star Professionals and Connecticut Magazine as Five Star Mortgage Professionals in 2015. Five Star Professional partners with Connecticut Magazine to identify real estate, mortgage and insurance professionals in the Connecticut area who deliver outstanding service and client satisfaction. The Five Star Professional research team contacted thousands of recent homebuyers and consumers to come up with this year's list of mortgage bankers. After their research was complete, they named the following United Bank mortgage bankers as Five Star Mortgage Professionals in 2015: Sue Bernier; Kathy...

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United Bank today proudly announced that several of their mortgage lenders were named by Five Star Professionals and Connecticut Magazine as Five Star Mortgage Professionals in 2015.
Five Star Professional partners with Connecticut Magazine to...

There's plenty you can do to affect how much money you make on a home sale or spend on a purchase, according to Consumer Reports' recent survey of real estate pros.In a typical transaction, the money you stand to gain from making smart moves -- or lose...

Back in 2009, when the bottom was dropping out of the U.S. economy, it was a gamble to major in construction management.That's when Ian Rogers, now 23, started at Central Connecticut State University."There were times I was kind of afraid because I...

Although most real estate markets have rebounded from their recession lows, this harsh fact remains: About 7 million homeowners continue to be stuck in the tar pit of serious negative equity, with mortgage debt at least 25 percent higher than the value of...

It's the great credit divide in American housing: If you buy a home and pay your mortgage on time regularly, your credit score typically benefits. If you rent an apartment and pay the landlord on time every month, you get no boost to your score — zip....

The Newington Chamber of Commerce presents its 23rd Annual Home and Business Showcase/Taste of Newington on Saturday, March 21, 2015 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Taste is from Noon to 2:00 PM) at the Newington High School Gymnasium and Cafeteria. The...

Home sales in greater Hartford, Connecticut got off to a slow start in January amid cold, snowy weather, a new report Tuesday show.Home sales in greater Hartford got off to a slow start in January amid cold, snowy weather, a new report Tuesday shows.Sales...

A closely watched index that tracks mortgage credit availability — lender requirements on credit scores, down payments and other key loan terms — has some good news for potential homebuyers: Things are finally loosening up.
After years of progressively...

Tax reform is revving up again on Capitol Hill, with the heads of key committees pledging to work toward a simpler and fairer tax code, possibly one with lower tax rates. Sounds intriguing.But what might that mean for homeowners — many of whom benefit...

SOUTHINGTON — The town hopes to save about $500,000 by reissuing bonds that were sold in 2007 and 2009 because interest rates are so much lower now than when the bonds originally were sold to investors.The town still owes $12.48 million on the two bonds —...

Standard & Poor's has agreed to pay $1.375 billion to the U.S. government and 19 states to settle charges it misled investors when it issued positive ratings on shaky mortgage-backed securities in the lead-up to the 2008 financial collapse — a case...

When the clocks went forward last March, Connecticut's spring home buying season was off to a start with longer days — and visions of more showings and sales.
Two years of climbing sales and stabilizing prices seemed cause for optimism.
"In 37...

Call them the prodigal millennials: Statistical measures and anecdotal reports suggest that young couples and singles in their late 20s and early 30s have begun making a belated entry into the home buying market, pushed by mortgage rates in the mid-3...

When the federal government's consumer protection agency for financial matters tells you how to shop for a good deal on a home mortgage, you should follow the advice, right?Maybe some of it. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which was created in...

PLYMOUTH — When federal authorities investigated whether former finance director David Bertnagel embezzled more than $800,000 from federal aid intended for the town, he claimed he was merely drawing down his pension ahead of time, prosecutors said.
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Farmington, CT - CT Liberty Mortgage is pleased to announce that it will be hosting a free Reverse Mortgage Seminar on Wednesday, January 21st from 10:30am to 11:30am at the Avon Free Public Library. Reverse mortgages have empowered homeowners 62 years...

Connecticut's foreclosure troubles eased last year, but thousands of homeowners still either faced or lived through the loss of their home, a new report Thursday shows.
The number of residential properties in the state with foreclosure filings fell by...

SIMSBURY, CT. - January 5, 2015 - Recently Simsbury Bank held its annual Holiday party and continued the Bank's tradition of employees donating toys to support the Salvation Army's Holiday Store.
The toys were brought back to Simsbury Bank's Avon...

It's a battle of the tax returns as both Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and Republican business executive Tom Foley are charging that the other candidate is not revealing enough about his personal finances.
The state Democratic Party reissued the charge...

A specialty mortgage company has abandoned an ambitious, $120 million plan to redevelop the heart of downtown Rockville and to move its offices there — but it is now pursuing a new plan involving the renovation of two former textile mill buildings just to...